Fence wire assembling and stretching tool



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Sept. 27, 1949. J. B. GLASKIN FENCE WIRE ASSEMBLING AND STRETCHING TOOL Filed March 14, 1945 Patented Sept. 27, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FENCE WIRE ASSEMBLING AND STRETCHING TOOL 1 Claim. 1

This present invention relates to a fence wire assembling tool which can be used as a hammer to impart blows or for extracting nails or staples or for reforming the latter, if bent. Wires can be bent, gripped and stretched and twisted.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of my tool;

Figure 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

In the drawing 2 denotes a ring through which a handle (not shown) may be passed to increase the leverage. The ring has a slot 3 for the passage of a wire and diametrically opposite to the slot is provided with a coplanar web 4, reinforced on one side by a rib 5 aligned with the slot. Upon the outer margin of the web is formed a hammer structure comprising an impact member 6 having a reduced shank, a claw portion 1 connected thereto and extending laterally of the impact member or from the ribbed side of the web, and a prong 8 which serves as an anvil for reforming bent staples.

The web is also provided with two slots 9, I0 each extending on an arc of a circle drawn about the center of the ring. The edges of the slots on the ribbed side of the web are reinforced by ribs ll, l2. The reduced portion of the impact member and the adjacent web portion form slots l3 somewhat wider than the two slots previously described.

Operation The insertion of a handle through the ring will adapt the tool to deliver blows from the face of to the ring, the wire or wires will be bent. A wire i or wires may also be stretched if they be placed as shown in Figure 1 beneath the reduced shank of the impact member then above the adjacent web portion and through the slot and finally through the ring where the wire can be held gripped by the handle. Rocking the tool upon the edge M will stretch a wire. The prong 8 can also be used for bending and gripping fence wires. Wires that have been stretched in the above described manner can also be twisted.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A tool of the character described, comprising a relatively large split leverage ring, a relatively wide web projecting outwardly from a portion of the ring disposed remote to the split portion thereof, said web having a lateral projection at its outer end provided with a restricted shank, said web having a notch opening outwardly of a side edge thereof and disposed between the shank and ring and adapted to engage a portion of a piece of Wire to be stretched and which engages partially around said shank and is adapted to be passed through the split part of the ring for engagement with the ring, and the outer end of the web being transversely enlarged and rounded to provide a fulcrum surface engaging portion around which as an axis the tool is adapted to be swung for stretching the wire engaged thereby.

JAMES BIRCH GLASKIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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